Kitchen-cabinet table



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P B INGER KITCHEN CABINET TABLE. No. 541,858. Patented July 2, 1895? Fawanna? sa w/wic $3. 314, 01/,

Uivrrni) STAT-ES ATENT OFFICE:

FRANK 3. mean, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

KITCHEN-CABINET TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,8 58, dated July 2,1895. Application filed January 11, 1895. Serial No. 534,598. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK B. INGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 2406 Tracy avenue, Kansas City, county of Jackson, andState of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements inKitchen-Cabinet Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to kitchen cabinet tables, and more particularly tothat class which embodies a flour or meal bin, a sliding board uponwhich meats or other substances or articles may be sliced or cut, and atier or nest of superimposed drawers, wherein articles may be kept.

My object is to provide a generally improved structure of thischaracter, whereby allowance is made for the contraction and expansionof the table-top, and thus prevent the same from warping or parting atgluejoints or elsewhere by reason of unseasoned material, heat,dampness, or atmospheric changes; to provide for the exclusion from theinterior of the cabinet of water or other liquid matter spilled orintentionally poured tgizpon the table-top for purposes of cleaning,

My principal object, however, is to provide a bin for flour or mealwhich may be operated either toor from its normal position with aminimum of power, and which may also be turned on its pivot until itsnormally vertical or front face occupies a horizontal position, that itmay be easily, quickly and thoroughly cleaned.

To this end, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a cabinet tableembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional viewof the same enlarged and on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview, showing the connection between a part of the table structure andthe back wall of the flour or meal bin.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures, inwhich- A, designates the general structure. a, (les ignates thesupporting legs of thesame, which are disposed relative to each other inthe form of a rectangle, the sides of which are longer than the ends,though it is to be understood that they may be disposed relative to eachother in any suitable manner desired. Gonnecting the front pair of legsnear their upper ends, is the lintel'b, and connecting the rear pairOflegs is the board 0, which depends a suitable distance below the planeof the soffit of the lintel. An end-board d, connect one of the frontlegs with the adjacent back leg, (see Fig. 1,) and has its lower marginin the same horizontal line as the lower margin of the board 0, andprojecting inwardly from the lower end of the said board a, is the board6'. Said board e extends from the end-board d, to the vertical partitione, which divides the space between the legs of the table and below thetop B thereof into two compartments, one of which is occupied by thetilting bin 0, and the other by a nest or tier of superimposed drawersP.

The top B of the table rests upon the upper ends of the legs, and alsoupon the strips Z, running from front to rear, and resting at theiropposite ends upon the lintel b and the upper edge of the back-board 0.These strips are secured in place by screws 0', and are provided atintervals with slots Z, through which project upwardly the screws f,which secure the top B in position, and at the same time permit the sameto expand and contract under varying influences. A washer is preferablyinterposed between the head of each screwf and the under side of saidstrips.

Near their lower ends the front and rear table-legs'are connected byhorizontal bars A, and said bars are connected rearward of their centerby the tie and brace-bar D; said bar tying the lower portion of theframework together to keep the legs from spreading, and serving tosupport the binO in its inverted position, as hereinafter moreparticularly referred to. I

The tabletop B projects beyond the ends and sides of the structure, orin other words overhangs the same, and to prevent water or other liquidspilled upon the table-top getting into the operative parts of thecabinet and spoiling or injuring the contents thereof, said table-top isprovided in its under side near its outer margins with an annular grooveE. It will thus be seen that any liquid which flows inward upon theunder side of the table-top will be arrested at the junction of saidsurface with the outer margin of the groove, and owing to the fact thatit will not run up hill, it cannot cross said groove, but drips upon thefloor. Sliding between the two strips or cleats Z, above the nest ortier of drawers, and interposed between the lintel and the tabletop, isa slicing or bread board T, which is provited with a finger-grip orcavity (not shown) in its under side, whereby it may be grasped to pullit outward when desiring to use it. The bin 0 is preferably ofrectangular forin, having its opposing walls parallel and its bottom atright-angles to its Walls. The rear wall preferably corresponds inheight with the vertical distance between the upper side of the tie-and.bracebar D and the upper side of the supporting-bar e, while thefrontwall is of greater length, exceeding the length of the rear-wall adistance about equal to the vertical distance between the planes of theupper side of the bar 6 and the soffit or under side of the lintel I).These proportions, of course, may be varied as circumstances direct. Thesides of the bin are contiguous to the opposing sides of the end-bar d,and the.

partition e. The bin, proportioned as specitied, tits snugly when in itsoperative position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and in orderthat it may tiltforwardly without interruption by the lintel b, the topedges of the side-walls are curved from the upper edge of the front wallto the upper edge of the rear wall, approximately in a line concentricwith the tilting axis of the bin, as hereinafter more particularlyreferred to. The bin is supported by means of a pair of swinging hangersor rods II at opposite sides thereof, and by the hanger I, whichperforms the function, alternately, of a support and of a tilt-actuatinglever for the bin. The hangers H at their upper ends are bent laterallyat right-angles, and are pivotally fixed as at K, in removable blocks N,which are screwed or otherwise secured to the end-board d and thepartition 6. At their lower ends said hangers are bent at right-anglesinwardly as at L, and pivotally engaging the bin near its lower edge, toform the tilting point Q, at a suitable distance forward of its center,preferably. This tilting point swings with the bin. The hanger I, at itsupper and lower ends, is bent at rightangles, and said bent ends arejournaled or find a bearing,' respectively, between the supporting-bar eand the plate secured thereto, as shown at .I (see Fig. 3), and theback-wall of. the bin and a similar plate secured thereto, as shown atM. The connection of said hangersfI at M is with the center of theback-wall of the bin, a suitable distance from its lower edge.

When the bin occupies its normal or inoperative position, as shown indotted lines, Fig. 2, it will be apparent that the hanger I will occupythe position shown in dotted lines at 2', and the hangers II will occupythe position shown in dotted lines at h. (See Fig. 2.) Therefore it isobvious, owing to the fact that the tilting axis of the bin is forwardof its center, that the tendency of the bin is to tilt backward, but asthis tendency is resisted by the hanger I and the front edge of thesupporting-bar c, it is evident that the bin maintains the requiredvertical position, and it is also evident at this time that the hanger Iserves as the principal support of the bin. When, however, the handle orgripping-lug G, secured to the front side of the bin near its upper end,is grasped and pulled outward, it is obviousthat this outward pull uponthe upper end of the bin causes the hanger I to swing forwardly andupwardly in the direction indicated by the feathered arrow, Fig. 2, andthis causes it positively and reliably to tilt the bin forward upon itsaxis, when the hangers H swing forwardly to the position shown in fulllines, same figure, and the outward movement of the upper end of the binis limited by means of the pivoted button S, coming in contact with therear edge of the lintel b, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. At this time itis evident that the weight formerly sustained principally by the hangerI is supported mostly by the hangers H. It is also obvious that thecontact of the turn-button S i with the lintel prevents the bin fromturning over on its face pivotally, and that the bin, when in thisinclined position, cannot return by gravity or accidentally to itsoriginal position, owing to the fact that the weight is forward of itstilting axis. It is also obvious, when the bin is in this position, thatthe hanger I extends almost in a radial line with the axis of the bin,and thus performs the duty or function of a brace, and assists theturn-button in preventing the accidental return of the bin to itsoriginal position, and furthermore, acts as a toggle-joint in connectionwith the bin and the tilting-axis. To cause the bin to assume itsoriginal position, the upper end is pushed rearwardly, and as the hangerI can swing downward in a single plane only, or on thedotted lineindicated, it is evident that the bin must and does. easily tiltrearward upon its axis Q, and the weight in part is transferred from thehangers H to the hanger I.

Then it is desired to clean the bin thoroughly for any purpose, theturn-button S is pivotally operated out of the path of the lintel, andthe bin is lowered to its inverted position, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. 2, until the bottom bears against the brace-bar D, and its frontand rear sides occupy horizontal positions, as shown. When in thisposition it is obvious that it can be easily, quickly and thoroughlycleaned.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have produced akitchen cabinet table, which is simple, strong, durable, and inexpensiveof construction.

It is obvious that slight changes in form,

arrangement and detail construction of the parts may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A kitchen cabinet table, comprising a suitable framework, a bin, apair of swinging hangers pivotally connected at their lower ends to saidbin and pivotally connected at their upper ends in the framework, apivoted gitudinally extending bar near its lower end as a part thereof,of a bin mounted near its lower end upon a pair of swinging hangers, anda hanger which alternately performs the function of a support andabrace, pivotally connecting the back-Wall of the bin near its lower endwith a part of the table framework, substantially as set forth.

3. In a kitchen cabinet table, the combination with a suitablesupporting framework divided by a vertical partition below the top ofthe table into two spaces, containing, respectively, a nest of drawersand a tilting bin, strips extending from front to rear, supported abovethe nest of drawers and tilting-bin, a tabletop secured upon saidstrips, as hereinbefore described, and overhanging the margin of thetable, and provided with an annular groove in its under side to protectthe contents of the various drawers and bin from injury by Water orother liquid, and a sliding board for slicing or kneading purposes, allarranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FRANK B. INGER. \Vitnesses:

J. L. PORTER, O. N. PETrEYs.

